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Thank you for visiting the Sandroyd and The Walled Garden web site. It is never easy to gain a true picture of a school and all the things that happen within it from a distance. I hope that this site can at least go some way towards showing the huge variety of things we do here: academically, culturally and socially.
For those visiting the site for the first time I hope that a look at the prospectus and at our full and busy calendar, along with the ever-changing reports and term news, will go towards painting part of the picture. Please do not hesitate to ring the office and make an appointment at any time.
For those of you more familiar with our busy life here at Rushmore, we update reports regularly and, whether you are logging on to look at latest team news, or additions to the calendar, I hope the website is proving user-friendly. Do contact us by telephone, fax or e-mail if you encounter any problems or have any queries as you enjoy our site.
Please note that under 'Term News' on the right of this page you can read more detailed reports of those events which specifically concern this term.
There are certain pages of the site that are only available to those visitors who register with us. The registration process is free and simple - just follow the instructions on the right-hand side of the front page. You need to click on 'register' first of all and then fill in the form. Once you've done that you'll get an e-mail registering your user name and password. You'll then be able to access all our pages, either by logging on each time or by checking the box 'remember me' and not logging off when you leave the site.
Visitors to this site, and certainly those who have come to the school, will more than likely have noticed that a Temple is very much the symbol of Sandroyd. This temple, like that dedicated to the goddess Vesta in Rome, was put up close to the main house by General Pitt-Rivers, the owner of Rushmore House, in 1890 to commemorate the birth of his first grandson. The building has fifteen fluted columns of Bath stone, surmounted by Corinthian capitals. The dome is made of copper and the whole structure originally cost £1,792. A band was quickly formed to perform therein - sixteen workmen from Rushmore Estate underwent intensive training from Band Sergeant Spencer of the Grenadier Guards. The General expressly forbade the playing of any hymn tunes! The last band to play in the Temple was 'The Yetties' who managed, with very little prompting, to follow the late General's instructions. --------------------------------------------------------
Grace and style on the tennis court - nice one, Alex
 Well done to Avon - winners of the General Knowledge for the term Congratulations to Toby M, Emma H and Adam F-W on reaching the semi-finals of the Junior Language Challenge 2008 More news of our busy riders - see 'Riding News' under 'Term News' Bethany Marett has been in touch (GAP student). For this and more GAP news please click here BMW for sale - see Wanted/For Sale under 'Term News' See the latest reports from Independent Inspectors. You might like to count the number of times the word 'outstanding' is used in The Walled Garden's OFSTED report published this month! Please click here An absolutely stunning Italian farmhouse is being offered for a week to Sandroyd parents. Click here for details Please click here for a report and some photos of Sandroyd's Mini-Gymkhana Labrador pups for sale - can you resist them? Please see Wanted/ForSale Summer activity courses at the end of August - please click here for details ---------------------------------------------- On this day ... Friday 4th 1753: Birth of Jean Pierre Blanchard, French balloonist. Blanchard had originally tried to build a flying machine, but gave up and resorted to ballooning instead. He made the first flight across the Channel in January 1785. During another flight, he tested the parachute by dropping one harnessed to a dog. He later made several successful parachute jumps and demonstrated his balloons in Europe and North America. 1776: Independence Day for the United States: the American Congress voted for independence from Britain. The Declaration of Independence was later signed by Thomas Jefferson. 1807: Birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot. Garibaldi and his Redshirts fought to make Italy a single, unified nation. In 1860 he recaptured Naples and Sardinia for the new Italian kingdom. 1817: Construction of the Erie Canal began this day. 1826: Death of John Adams, second US President, and Thomas Jefferson, third US President. They had both wanted to live until the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. Jefferson died at one p.m., Adams a few hours later. 1829: The first regular horse-drawn bus service began in London, between Marylebone Road and Bank. 1831: Death of James Monroe, 5th President of the United States. 1840: The paddle steamer Britannia set sail from Liverpool to begin the Cunard Line’s first Atlantic crossing. The voyage took just over 14 days. 1845: Birth in Dublin of Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist and founder of the famous Dr Barnardo’s homes for some of London’s many destitute children. (In fact, he was not a medical doctor.) 1848: Publication of The Communist Manifesto. 1872: Birth of John Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States. 1892: James Keir Hardie became the first Socialist to win a seat in the British Parliament when he stood in the general election for Holytown, Lanarkshire. 1904: Construction began on the 40-mile-long Panama Canal. 1910: ‘The Great White Hope’ John Jeffries came out of retirement to try to win the world heavyweight title in Reno from Jack Johnson, the first black champion. Jeffries’ nose was broken in the 15th round and the fight was stopped, leading to racial violence in many parts of the US. 1919: Jack Dempsey, the ‘Manassa Mauler’, beat Jess Willard, world heavyweight boxing champion for the previous four years. Willard was down seven times in the first round, which should have ended the fight, but the referee let it continue until the fourth. 1946: Manuel Roxas became the first President of the Philippines as the US granted the islands their independence. 1969: The 30-year-old Ann Jones of Britain beat Billie-Jean King for the Wimbledon women’s singles champion. It was her 14th attempt.
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